David Hockney reflects upon life and art as he experiences lockdown in rural Normandy
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'Hockney and Gayford … make a good double act: Hockney’s questing vision, Gayford’s clear-eyed prose. They share an irrepressible interest in just about everything ... This book is not so much a celebration of spring as a springboard for ideas about art, space, time and light ... scholarly, thoughtful and provoking'
The Times
'Gloriously illustrated … It’s a book about many things – Hockney’s love of France and French painting, his reflections on many other artists among them. But at its heart is this octogenarian’s adoration of nature, his belief that art is rooted in love, and a restless gusto for life'
Andrew Marr, The Spectator
'Hockney and Gayford’s exchanges are infused with their deep knowledge of the history of art … This is a charming book, and ideal for lockdown because it teaches you to look harder at the things around you'
Lynn Barber, The Spectator
'Designed to underscore [Hockney’s] original message of hope, and to further explore how art can gladden and invigorate ... meanders amiably from Rembrandt, to the pleasure principle, andouillette sausages and, naturally, to spring'
Daily Telegraph
Format: Hardback
Size: 22.9 x 15.2 cm
Extent: 280 pp
Publication date: 25 March 2021
ISBN: 9780500094365